title: Derivation of transplantable 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced chicken fibrosarcoma lines: differences in metastasizing properties and organ specificity.
abstract: Several transplantable 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced SC chicken fibrosarcoma (CHCT-NYU) lines were studied for their ability to grow in internal organs after iv injection (artificial metastases) into 1- to 3-week-old chickens. Some tumor lines were recently derived, whereas others were studied after many serial subcutaneous transplantations. STriking similarities as well as differences were found between tumor lines' ability to grow in various organs. Artificial metastases were seen primarily in the stomach, pancreas, lungs, heart, and muscle, and occasionally also in the kidneys and in the liver. Agammaglobulinemic recipients showed more extensive organ involvement than normal recipients of the same age. Whole-body gamma-irradation also enhanced the incidence of artificial metastases, particularly in lungs. Antibody from the serum of a primary tumor-bearing host reduced the growth of the corresponding tumor in many organs. The metastatic pattern of line CHCT-NYU4 was a relatively stable property, since there was little difference in the internal localization of these tumor cells studied before and after 15 serial subcutaneous transplants. However, intravenous transplantation of tumor cells from line CHCT-NYU4 taken from the liver, lungs, and pancreas of a single recipient established sublines with changes in organ specificity. After a few such serial transplants of liver-derived tumor, a line was derived that grew virtually in the liver alone. A subline with preference for growth in lungs was also obtained, but its ability to grow in the pancreas persisted. A pancreas-derived tumor line also grew in the liver and lungs. Subcutaneous transplants of tissue fragments of the lung-derived tumor line caused the appearance of spontaneous metastases in lungs. The incidence of spontaneous metastases with the lung-derived line was much greater than that with the liver-derived line or with the original CHCT-NYU4 line.
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D000818:Animals; D002060:Bursa of Fabricius / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D002645:Chickens; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene